African American Infant Sleep Beliefs and Practices
Conditions
Keywords
SIDS
Brief summary
This is a research study of African American parents/caregivers of newborns. The purpose of this research study is to learn what type of educational materials about infant safety and safe infant sleep are most effective and acceptable to parents and caregivers. The investigators will compare the responses of parents who receive enhanced materials to the responses of parents who receive the ordinary materials that are currently in use.
Detailed description
The goal of the proposed research is to determine whether a tailored multi-media mailed intervention is superior to standard non-tailored print brochures along with a generic DVD in increasing the prevalence of African American infant supine sleep during the first six months of life.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALTailored education
Using information gleaned from interviews, educational print materials tailored to the participant's beliefs about infant safe sleep practices, will be mailed to the participants home at 2 separate times over a 6 month period along with a culturally relevant DVD with safe sleep information
BEHAVIORALStandard Education
Participants will receive currently available publications about infant sleep from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the AAP at 2 separate times over a 6 month period along with a generic DVD about infant safety practices
Sponsors
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
University of Michigan
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
- \- Self-identified AA adult parents and primary caregivers (≥ 18 years of age) of newborns ≤ four weeks old at the time of the infant's first office visit to the pediatrician.
Exclusion criteria
* Foster parents and temporary guardians: * Prior study participants: * Parents without a reliable phone number: * Parents without ready access to a DVD player: an ownership of a DVD player,
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Infant's usual sleep position per parental report | Change in position from study entry to infant ages 3 months and to six months; change in position from infant ages 3 months to 6 months |
| Infants position for last night's sleep per parental report | Change in position from study entry to infant ages 3 months and six months; change in position from infant age 3 months to 6 months |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed